Davis Bentley Planting Project.
Davis Family Partnership.
Environmental Account.
Environmental Account ID: AU00119
Environmental Account Holder: Davis Family Partnership
Location: Bentley, New South Wales, Australia
Purpose: To restore habitat for threatened species and to measure change in vegetation condition over time to guide management decisions
Current land use: Livestock management
Scale: Project
Total property area: 165 ha
Environmental Account area: 11 ha (6.7% of property area)
Environmental Asset Account.
Environmental Asset Account ID: AU00119V1
Status: Certified - AfN Verified
Baseline Certification date: 09 October 2026
Environmental Asset Account area: 11 ha (6.7% of property area)
Environmental Assets: Vegetation - Native
Method: AfN-METHOD-V-06
Certification Passport.
About the Environmental Account.
The Davis property is a 165 ha property at Bentley, approximately 20 km west of Lismore in Northern New South Wales. It has been used for dairying and beef grazing over the past five decades, and also supports areas of native forest under active conservation management. More recently, part of the property has become a registered carbon project enterprise, with the aim of restoring parts of its natural assets.
In April/May 2026, an 11 ha planting was established through the NSW Government Living Carbon Program. The planting uses signature species from Dry Sclerophyll Forest and Floodplain Forest to restore two NSW Plant Community Types. It is registered with the Clean Energy Regulator under the Environmental Plantings Pilot 2024 ACCU Scheme method. The Environmental Asset Account boundary aligns with the registered carbon project boundary, so only revegetated areas are monitored and reported on.
The project aims to sequester carbon and restore habitat for threatened species. The planting will also enhance a vegetation corridor linking Back Creek and Scrubby Creek to the forested ridgelines of the Mackellar Range, providing connected habitat for wide-ranging species such as the endangered Koala, Glossy-black Cockatoo and the Spotted-tailed Quoll.
Annual certification compliance & material disclosures.
No current disclosures relating to this account.
Environmental Account location.
About the Environmental Account Holder.
Tony Davis, the Environmental Account Holder, is the landholder of Davis Bentley Farm. Tony and his family have farmed this subtropical grazing property and managed native forest for conservation purposes for over 45 years. Tony seeks to continue with beef production but is also wishes to set aside an area for carbon sequestration and biodiversity outcomes. The Davis’s have chosen to restore their less productive farmland to natural forest. They have secured expert advice from government and assistance from revegetation practitioners to implement the project.
This Environmental Account is supported by North Coast Local Land Services. Local Land Services is supporting on-farm carbon management and state net zero emissions targets in North Coast NSW. Local Land Servies is supporting the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) Living Carbon grants program with on-ground work. This program will provide financial and technical support to land managers to design, plan and implement carbon and biodiversity plantings across the North Coast.
Last update: 13 October 2026